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Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games Revealed: NBC says the Beijing Olympics proved so captivating that millions of Americans now need to catch up on some sleep.
A survey of people who followed the Olympics found that 76 percent said they stayed up later than normal to watch, NBC said Sunday. More than half of its specially [...]

Could it really be over so quickly? Ever since the International Olympic Committee awarded Beijing the Summer Games in 2001, China had lavished $44 billion on transforming the capital into a city whose time was now. Stadiums were built, entire transportation networks laid out. The areas that couldn’t be prettified in time were hidden behind [...]

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Revealed: By the moment the Olympic flame atop the Bird’s Nest goes out, it is proved that Beijing has lived up to the trust of the world, by turning the opportunity the Chinese capital won seven years ago into a 16-day miracle that will forever shine in Olympic history.
Most of the [...]

NBC Cries but China Laughes: NBC Guilty at conclusion of successful Olympics. The Beijing Olympics ended Sunday, attracting nearly all of China’s 1.3 billion people to their televisions, making it “likely to be the most widely watched Games in Olympic history,” according to International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge.
“We had more broadcast coverage to more [...]

Beijing 2008 Olympics Closing Ceremony Revealed: I walked across the plaza Saturday from the Main Press Center to the Bird’s Nest for the final evening session of track and field, trying to avoid walking into somebody’s picture.
It isn’t easy. There are thousands of Chinese in the plaza, many posing for snapshots. There are fantastic backdrops [...]

Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremonies Revealed: TV viewers in the United States will have to wait for 12 hours to see the extravaganza of the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympiad on Sunday night local time, but expectations are running high.
On New York’s Times Square, police officer Jasmine Murry expects big crowds before the large [...]

Beijing 2008 Olympics Closing Ceremony Revealed: Wearing a Qing-Dynasty style hat, Russian sportscaster Igor Shvetsov had a big smile on his face when he walked out of the National Stadium after the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on Sunday.
He felt relaxed, partly for finishing his work, and partly because of the carnival-like ceremony.
Asked which [...]

Beijing Olympics Medal Count: China wins most golds, US most medals. China proved an acquisitive first-time Olympic host, topping the gold-medal chart with one of the most dominating and diverse performances ever. The United States, Britain and an array of small nations also had reasons to celebrate.
China’s haul of 51 gold medals was the largest [...]

London 2012 Olympics Revealed: US swimming sensation Michael Phelps warned Sunday that he is already eyeing more gold at the London Games in 2012.
Phelps became the most decorated medallist in Olympic history with 14 gold medals from Beijing and Athens, including a record eight gold in China, the most by an athlete at any single [...]

Drug Olympic Games List: A breakdown of the 56 Olympic athletes who will miss the Beijing Games because of doping accusations (x-banned during the games):
Greece (16) – 11 unnamed weightlifters, one unidentified boxer, swimmer Ioannis Drymonakos and sprinters Tassos Gousis and Katerina Thanou. Hurdler x-Fani Halkia.
Bulgaria (12) – Weightlifters Ivailo Filev, Demir Demirev, Mehmed Fikretov, [...]